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1914 (German: 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach and Wolfgang von Schwindt. The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city at the Tauentzien-Palast on 20 January 1931. At the request of the German Foreign Office an introduction by Eugen Fischer-Baling was filmed and presented at the start of the film. A special screening was held at the Reichstag on 3 March 1931.
Original Release
01/20/1931
US Release
09/03/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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Albert Bassermann | Count Hollweg / Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg |
Hermann Wlach | Count von Jagow / Gottlieb von Jagow |
Wolfgang von Schwindt | Count von Moltke / Moltke |
Robert Hartberg | Count Hoyos |
Reinhold Schünzel | Czar Nicholas II / Nikolaus II. |
Lucie Höflich | The Czarina / Alexandra |
Ferdinand Hart | Archduke Nicholas / General Nikolai Nikolajewitsch |
Oskar Homolka | Sazanow / Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow |
Adolf E. Licho | Suchomlinow |
Hans Peppler | Count Pourtales |
Directors
Writers
Heinz Goldberg, Fritz Wendhausen
Cast
Name | Character |
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Albert Bassermann | Count Hollweg / Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg |
Hermann Wlach | Count von Jagow / Gottlieb von Jagow |
Wolfgang von Schwindt | Count von Moltke / Moltke |
Robert Hartberg | Count Hoyos |
Reinhold Schünzel | Czar Nicholas II / Nikolaus II. |
Lucie Höflich | The Czarina / Alexandra |
Ferdinand Hart | Archduke Nicholas / General Nikolai Nikolajewitsch |
Oskar Homolka | Sazanow / Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow |
Adolf E. Licho | Suchomlinow |
Hans Peppler | Count Pourtales |
Theodor Loos | Paléologue |
Fritz Alberti | Buchanan |
Eugen Klöpfer | Emperor Franz Josef / Franz Joseph I. |
Alfred Abel | Count Berchtold / Leopold Graf Berchtold |
Victor Jensen | Count Tisza |
Ferdinand von Alten | Viviana |
Bruno Ziener | Count von Schön / Freiherr von Schoen |
Heinrich George | Jean Jaurès |
Alexander Granach | Friend of Jaurès / Jaurès' Friend |
Paul Mederow | Sir Edward Grey |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Oswald | Producer |